Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Just Peachy

Yesterday Macy and I were in the toy section at Walmart picking out a birthday gift for a friend. We were in the doll aisle, scanning for something good to get, when suddenly I glanced down and saw this:

I literally gasped. "Peaches & Cream!!!" I cried. Macy looked at me like I was crazy, but I had already picked it up and was admiring it in all it's NIB glory.

You see, Peaches & Cream Barbie was the last Barbie I received before moving from little girl into way-too-cool-for-Barbies. It was also the Barbie I decided to hang onto, and still have to this day! Yup, here she is:

Obviously, 25 year old P&C has seen better days. But oh, how I remember loving that doll. Wrapping and re-wrapping her peach colored wrap that was inexplicably long enough to go around her at least four times, admiring how her sparkly, spaghetti-strap dress fit perfectly over her mom hips (back before they updated Barbie and gave her hot little 18 year old hips that are perfect for ultra-low rise jeans and boy cut underwear), turning her back and forth slightly so the skirt of her dress would swish, swish, swish. Oh, those were the days.

Seeing her sitting there on the shelf at Walmart was like getting in a time machine. It was such an unexpected surprise, and I enjoyed waxing nostalgic for a few minutes. However, nothing makes you feel old like finding out the Barbie you used to play with is being re-released as "vintage."

I seriously just laughed so much that Spencer and Sophie came over to check out what I was looking at! I'm so impressed that you've not only got Barbies in your house that are dressed, but that are dressed in their original outfit. We can't keep clothes on barbies around here so we've opted for the new version that have partially painted on clothing.

It's so weird facing the fact that anything from '85 would be considered vintage.

Aaahh yes, Peaches & Cream. I too HAD this Barbie and she was a favorite of mine. Unfortuneately my mom got rid of ALL of my Barbies and Care Bears and My Little Ponies and Starwberry SHortcakes. So sad. Vintage, huh. I do feel old.

I am tired, grumpy, and so blah...and when you wrote 'here she is' and I looked down and saw her hair, I laughed so hard. That is going to be one of those things I randomly think back on, and laugh again and again. Thank you.

I have this barbie still, too! She was one of my favorites. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It's sad to say, though, that my barbie is in much scarier shape than yours is. The straps are missing, the pretty sparkly top is not so sparkly anymore and not really white, either, the pretty skirt is ripped in places. The girls think I'm weird for loving that dress so much, they think it's funny looking. :-) Are they really selling it for $45?! Wow, slap "vintage" on something and all of the sudden the price triples. Crazy.

love your new header and look. OK, i was at wal-mart just the other day and i saw this too!!!!!! i totally freaked out! that was MY barbie!and then i looked next to it and about threw up. have you seen the '007' barbie? it's halley barry in all her pushed up boobed, bikini falling off glory. seriously messed up. you'll have to check it out.